"Guo hua modernist {國畫型人]" is a group and art movement started by Prof.Anita Yan Wong, with the goal of preserving and pushing the limits of Lingnan style Guo hua and Guo hua in general; promoting it (Chinese rice paper painting) to the new generations of viewers and the modern minds. ​"Guo hua modernist"– a modern art movement started by Prof. Anita Yan Wong, a Lingnan Guo hua painters with both western and eastern background in both modern and traditional training. Traditional training and Modern Eastern and Western art education are both important to Art Education as our World is getting smaller and smaller in the digital art age. Like brewing a good cup of tea, an art of controlling and mixing the elements, Art is being crafted with a mixture of modernness and traditions; a combination of unusual thoughts, modern ideas and striking visuals. Traditions are not forgotten, but enhanced by the artist. Guo hua –one of the oldest art form is speaking loud and alive again in this movement. This Art movement is a collaboration between Artist, Socialist, Scientist and Biologist from different Culture and Backgrounds. Please join me in this art movement! Be open and Be inspired!

pseudonym: 大白菜The name of the artist ages with time from 小白菜 to 大白菜 and one day to 老白菜

"Tear down the labels and think outside the box! Traditional Arts are not rules nor boundaries, instead it is the most expressive, abstract and creative from the human soul that has inspired many Contemporary Arts!" – Anita Yan Wong​

Anita's goal of promoting the practice of traditional art form in the Contemporary Art World:Yet guo hua and calligraphy were once practiced in everyday life among Chinese, the practice is no longer by many as the society rely more and more on computers in generating informations. Anita believes perhaps the best way of preserving a tradition like guo hua is to make it adapt to the current time and Culture. Through this, it will be appreciated and communicated in the way that it was meant to be. However, as Chinese art becomes one of the leading role in World art trades, many has rushed it with trends without the daily practice to master the painting skills and understanding the core meaning and knowledge of the profound art form. Did Modern Chinese art inspired more to practice Guo hua or did we all jumped into the new pool of Modern Chinese art without much thinking of the original art form – an art form honoring and expressing the human appreciation and relation of nature.Are we trashing away the old without much studying of its true value and beauty? Anita believes it is important to take ones time to understand the root, the theory and true beauty in Guo hua, in particular Lingnan style Guo hua, master the brush and skill of this profound art form before attempting to transform and develop it into Modern art form. The artist believes the knowledge and true beauty in the art form takes years of practice and research to understand and master. Her goal as an Artist and Educator is to keep the core meaning and true beauty of this art form alive; encourage practice but move it forward with updated scientific and social meanings that communicate with the modern minds while keeping her elegances. Her goal is to push the limits of Lingnan Guo hua, move it forward creatively and elegantly with the Modern art age without giving up its root or blindly following some trends.

About Lingnan Style Guo hua:Chinese painting are the originators of many Asian paintings, it has inevitably influenced many arts including Japanese and Korean arts. Lingnan style Guo hua was once considered the most lively and modernest of Guo hua, it has opened its door to foreign influence before China opened its door to the World. In the early 19th century when three Chinese traditional Guo hua masters went to Tokyo with a open mind and wish for enlightenment during the Meiji period, when Japan was moved from being an isolated feudal society to its modern form. City of Tokyo was considered the modern center of technology and the arts were undergoing a division between traditional Japanese style and the new style influenced by European arts. The three Chinese Guo Hua master came back to China with a new style of Guo hua (Lingnan style) developed with the influence from both western art and Japanese art. The beautiful art form quickly gained its reputation and was admired by many painters and scholars in cities like Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing. Its success plays a key role in Modern Chinese painting. It was brought to Hong Kong by Master and World re-owned painter Chao Shao An. (A pupil of Gao, a second generation Lingnan master and my teacher's teacher) With his effort, the Lingnan style Guo hua was considered the most beautiful and lively Guo hua during the 19th century, described by scholars as "an art so beautiful and lively that is competing with the beauty of nature". Lingnan school of Art occupied a crucial role in history of Chinese painting and was considered the most modern ("the National style") of Guo hua during this time.

Rare Art in a Digital Art age:Chinese painting is consider one of the most difficult art form to master, brushstrokes cannot be erased or corrected once it is on paper, a painter must have a complete mental concept, years of practice, confidence and speed with the brush before lifting the brush. These days with few pupils of practice, Lingnan Guo hua is considered by some as a rare art in the digital age with few pupils to push its boundary. My goal is to push it forward while preserving its true beauty. Open its possibilities with the help of leading scientists and socialists and biologists to update its message to us and allow it speak to the modern day viewers again.As technology grows, the World Wide Web has brought our World into one, we all influence each other and our World is getting smaller and smaller day by day. I lived in Beijing, Hong Kong, London and U.S. and I consider myself a "International artist" creating "traditional modern Arts" in the digital art age. Like the Impressionist that lived in an age of struggle between modernity and a traditional order, Lingnan style Guo hua was a traditional Chinese art with open mind and heart that humbly opened its doors to Japanese and western influence during the most difficult time (World War II). It showed us Arts has the power of melting away boundaries, expanding the minds and bringing us together with its beauty. It is a non verbal language that speaks to the hearts and minds.​Guo hua is not an old tradition that should be left behind in the modern art age, instead we must remember that it is the most influential art form that had inspired many modern arts; it carries important message for Nature, Peace, Unity. It is an influential art form with unimaginable potential and an important art form worth protecting and developing. Please support Modern Traditional Arts and help spread the words to the Modern art viewers and the young generations of students! Chao Shao An and my teacher contributed to their art during their time. But I live in a different world with different thinking, different arts and culture than before. As a new generation of Lingnan style artist, I am obligated (in a very good way) to push this art form forward with reasons and elegance. I will dedicate my life into this art form as I believe in it. It should once again speak to both Modern and Traditional viewers, Western and Eastern. I want this beautiful and profound art form to be alive again and more alive then ever!

(Full Artist Biography on Widewalls)www.widewalls.ch/artist/anita-wong/​Her goal of promoting the practice of traditional art form:Yet guo hua and calligraphy were once practiced in everyday life among Chinese, the practice is no longer by many as the society rely more and more on computers in generating informations. Anita believes perhaps the best way of preserving a tradition like guo hua is to make it adapt to the current time and Culture. Through this, it will be appreciated and communicated in the way that it was meant to be. However, as Chinese art becomes one of the leading role in World art trades, many has rushed it with trends without the daily practice to master the painting skills and understanding the core meaning and knowledge of the profound art form. Did Modern Chinese art inspired more to practice Guo hua or did we all jumped into the new pool of Modern Chinese art without much thinking of the original art form – an art form honoring and expressing the human appreciation and relation of nature.Are we trashing away the old without much studying of its true value and beauty? Anita believes it is important to take ones time to understand the root, the theory and true beauty in Guo hua, in particular Lingnan style Guo hua, master the brush and skill of this profound art form before attempting to transform and develop it into Modern art form. The artist believes the knowledge and true beauty in the art form takes years of practice and research to understand and master. Her goal as an Artist and Educator is to keep the core meaning and true beauty of this art form alive; encourage practice but move it forward with updated scientific and social meanings that communicate with the modern minds while keeping her elegance. Her goal is to push the limits of Lingnan Guo hua without giving up its root or blindly following some trends.

About Lingnan Style Guo hua:Chinese painting are the originators of many Asian paintings, it has influenced many arts including Japanese and Korean arts. Lingnan style Guo hua was once considered the most lively and modernest of Guo hua, it has opened its door to foreign influence before China opened its door to the World. In the early 19th century when three Chinese traditional Guo hua masters went to Tokyo with a open mind and wish for enlightenment during the Meiji period, when Japan was considered the modern center of technology and arts during that time. They came back to China with a new style of Guo hua (Lingnan style). The beautiful art form quickly gained its reputation and was admired by many painters and scholars in cities like Shanghai and Beijing. Its success plays a key role in Modern Chinese painting. It was brought to Hong Kong by Master and World re-owned painter Chao Shao An. (A pupil of Gao, a second generation Lingnan master and my teacher's teacher) With his effort, the Lingnan style Guo hua was considered the most beautiful and lively Guo hua during the 19th century, described by scholars as "an art so beautiful and lively that is competing with the beauty of nature". Lingnan school of Art occupied a crucial role in history of Chinese painting and was considered the most modern of Guo hua with the efforts of the group "Tianfeng Seven" – The Tianfeng Seven are Zhou Yifeng (1890-1982), Zhang Kunyi (1895-1967), Ye Shaobing (1896-1968), He Qiyuan (1899-1970), Huang Shaoqiang (1901-1942), Rong Shushi (1903-1996) and Chao Shao-an (1905-1998).Chinese painting is consider one of the most different art form to master, brushstrokes cannot be erased or corrected once it is on paper, a painter must have a complete mental concept, years of practice, confidence and speed with the brush before lifting the brush. These days with few pupils of practice, Lingnan Guo hua is considered by some as a rare art in the digital age with few pupils to push its boundary. My goal is to push it forward and keep it alive. Open its possibilities with the help of leading scientists and socialists and biologists to update its message to us and allow it speak to the viewers again.As technology grows, the World Wide Web has brought our World into one, we all influence each other and our World is getting smaller and smaller day by day. I lived in Beijing, Hong Kong, London and U.S. and I consider myself an "International artist" creating "traditional modern Arts" in the digital art age. Like the Impressionist that lived in an age of struggle between modernity and a traditional order, Lingnan style Guo hua was a traditional Chinese art with open mind and heart that humbly opened its doors to western influence during the most difficult time (World War II). It showed us Arts has the power of melting away boundaries, expanding the minds and bringing us together with its beauty. It is a non verbal language that speaks to the hearts and minds.An art form could spread the words for Nature, Peace, Unity and open our minds into unimaginable potentials. ​The ancient art of rice paper painting,Rice paper painting: (guó huà), *Shui-mo huà OR sumi-e, is strikingly beautiful, simple and pure, yet strong and resonant. An art form expressing the human appreciation of nature, the art of brush (pi) painting is executed with black ink on white or yellow rice paper using bamboo brushes. Subjects in rice paper painting include landscapes, flowers, or animals, anything that suggests a closeness to the natural world.Terminology:*Xie –yi (寫意) is one of the oldest traditional forms of expressive Chinese art, is considered to be expressive/freehand style in the west.*Shui-mo (水墨), “shui” means “water” and “mo” means “ink.” Water and ink on rice paper (Shiuan paper) have allowed artists to reveal the harmony of man and nature for thousands of years. The oldest rice paper painting still preserved dates from between 100 and 200 B.C.E. Rice paper was widely used by artists and calligraphers in Asia beginning around the sixth century.

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